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Piper Crashes in Chilean Yard injuring Pilots


What: Servicios Aéreos Romeo Mike Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee
Where: near Santiago/La Reina-Eulogio Sánchez Airport, Chile
When: Nov 6, 2012
Who: 2 aboard
Why: After taking off from Tobalaba Airport (aka Santiago/La Reina-Eulogio Sánchez Airport), the plane crashed 500 meters away, in a field adjacent to commercial property in ??Avenida Ossandón.

Pilots Sergio Canilla Canales and Jorge Juacida Ramírez were injured and transported to the hospital.

The plane struck a tree and a structure in a residential yard, according to firefighters. Four fire companies assisted in rescuing the pilots.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating.

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